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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley

** 6 UNBELIEVABLE/OMG/HEART BREAKING/ EMOTIONAL STARS!!!**

Oh.My.God…I don’t even know where to start. My brain is fried, my eyes refuse to stop
watering, I need a nerve pill, and I can’t stop smiling. I’m pretty sure my husband thinks I’m nuts. I've been through every emotion possible
today. Hands down, this book deserves 6
stars. I've never rated over a five but
this one deserves another one because of the music!

Let me say this first…THE MUSIC MAKES THIS BOOK!!! The book is phenomenal without the music but
the music, oh wow. I stopped reading and
listened to every song.

I know I’m all about spoilers, and they will be here but I
just need to rave and rave about Katie Ashley and Music of the Heart. Amazing, amazing job! I am officially blown away!

Here is the PLAYLIST...I suggest downloading it and listening while you read!

Someone Like You-Adele

Tears of Heaven-Eric Clapton

In Loving Memory-Alter Bridge

Don’t You Wanna Stay-Kelly Clarkson/Jason Aldean

If I Die Young-The Band Perry

Angel-AeroSmith

Angel Band-The Stanley Brothers

Beam Me Up-Pink

Great Escape-Pink

I Need You-Tim McGraw/Faith Hill

This isn't all of them...just the ones I listened to but there are others referenced in the book.

OK so this is the story of a rock star named Jake and a
singer named Abby aka Angel. Abby is
trying to find her brother’s tour bus and ends up on the wrong bus and then
accidentally falls in Jake’s bed. Thinking
she’s a groupie, he tries to seduce her and she knees him in a rather sensitive
place. They don’t get off to a great
start at all. He thinks she’s a
sheltered, pampered princess. She thinks
he’s an egotistical, womanizing, man whore.
This leads to a bet…yes a bet. He
bets her she can’t last a week on Runaway Train’s tour bus (Jake’s band) and
out of spite she decides she will prove him wrong come hell or high water. They are both attracted to each other but
refuse to admit it.

During dinner the first night another bet is made and then
she proceeds to do a rather naughty version of Like a Virgin to prove a
point. It was really funny. He admits that he would like to get to know
her better and she agrees. He then
proceeds to a supply closet with a waitress (I wanted to throw my kindle). Anyway, the book moves on and he treats her
horribly throughout a lot of the first half of the book. He has a groupie named Bree (this is the girl
he thought she was in the beginning) and he even goes to the point to take her
on the bus and have sex with her while Abby listens from the other room. Joke’s on him though when he accidentally yells
Abby’s name at the end of it. I laughed
so hard at this.

One thing that needs to be noted early on is that Jake’s
mother has cancer and she’s only been given several months to live. This is a very huge part of the book. Jake and Abby’s relationship progresses and
they grow closer, splitting up for a few pages then they reunite.

At about 80% Bree shows up at Jake’s door and he turns her
away (He’s head over hills for Abby at this point). Later that night, Bree attacks Abby in the
parking lot of the band’s show almost killing her. She sure has a lot of rage for a
groupie. She literally almost beats her
to death. Abby ends up in the hospital
and then has to recuperate at Jake’s ranch.
He has a lot of guilt over her beating and it causes some problems but
they move past it. Once Abby has healed
she goes back on tour with her brothers while Jake stays home with his sick
mother.

AJ, a band mate of Jake’s, calls her and asks her to come
and she does. Jake is not very inviting
when she arrives at the ranch. He says
some terrible things to her. Horrible
things. I cried and cringed…cried
because he was hurting. She slaps him in
the face and then runs out. Before she
can get down the drive way, he runs after her.
On his knees, he begs for her forgiveness. He explains why he said it, and that he didn't mean any of it, and then begs her not to leave him.

After they smooth everything over he takes her to see his
mom. I continued to cry for another 30
minutes because of this scene. His mom
tells him he’s got to let her go and the conversation broke my heart.

Anyway, there is a happy ending. He proposes and she accepts of course. Honestly by the end of the book I didn't care
if he proposed or not. I just wanted
them together and I wanted him to be ok.
I have NEVER hurt for a character the way I did for him. Once again, an amazing book!